Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight LZ307 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Sofia to Moscow, that crashed on its final approach to Sheremetyevo Airport on 03 March 1973, killing all 25 passengers and crew on board.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was an Ilyushin Il-18, manufacturer's serial number 182005602, registered

Aircraft registration

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as LZ-BEM, which first flew in 1962.
The aircraft crashed while on final approach only a few kilometers short of the runway. Significant icing on the tailplane caused an eventual loss of movement capability and subsequently, a loss of pitch control by the crew.
Around 12:45 p.m. the Ilyushin suddenly descended below the glidepath and struck the ground.

Passengers and crew

There were 17 passengers and 8 crew members on board.
The crew members included 5 aircrew and 3 cabin crew as follows:

Captain - Haralampi Ivanov Stoyanov

Co-pilot - Radi Dimitrov Radev

Navigator - Petar Vasilev Petrov

Flight Engineer - Iliya Hristov Lalov

Radio operator - Georgi Valov Draganov

Flight attendants:

Yana Stoimenova Penkova

Virdzhiniya Lyubenova Georgieva

Milka Hristova Genova

External links

• http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=03031973®=LZ-BEM&airline=Balkan+Bulgarian+Airlines